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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : madwifi-source (MDVSA-2008:007)

🗓️ 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory for madwifi-source (MDVSA-2008:007) addresses denial of service vulnerability in MadWifi

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:007. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(37962);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5448");
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2008:007");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : madwifi-source (MDVSA-2008:007)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"MadWifi prior to 0.9.3.3 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the
extended supported rates (xrates) element, which would trigger an
assertion error.

Updated packages have been updated to 0.9.3.3 to correct this issue.
Wpa_supplicant is built using madwifi-source and has been rebuilt
using 0.9.3.3 source."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected madwifi-source, wpa_gui and / or wpa_supplicant
packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(20);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:madwifi-source");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wpa_gui");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wpa_supplicant");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"madwifi-source-0.9.3.3-1.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"wpa_gui-0.5.5-2.3mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"wpa_supplicant-0.5.5-2.3mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"madwifi-source-0.9.3.3-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"wpa_gui-0.5.7-1.3mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"wpa_supplicant-0.5.7-1.3mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"madwifi-source-0.9.3.3-1.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"wpa_gui-0.6.0-1.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"wpa_supplicant-0.6.0-1.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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06 Jan 2021 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01968
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